{% extends 'base.html' %}
{% load fundraising_extras humanize i18n static %}

{% block title %}{% translate "Support Django" %}{% endblock %}
{% block layout_class %}full-width{% endblock %}

{% block og_title %}{% translate "Support Django" %}{% endblock %}
{% block og_description %}{% translate "Support Django development by donating to the Django Software Foundation" %}{% endblock %}

{% block header %}
  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      <em>Support Django development</em> by donating to the <em>Django Software Foundation</em>.
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>
{% endblock %}

{% block messages %}

  {% if messages %}
    {% for message in messages %}
      <h1>{{ message }}</h1>
    {% endfor %}
    <hr>
  {% endif %}

{% endblock %}

{% block content %}

  <h1>{% translate "Support the Django Software Foundation!" %}</h1>

  {% donation_form_with_heart %}

  <h2>{% translate "Other ways to give" %}</h2>
  <ul>
    <li>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        <a href="https://django.threadless.com/" target="_blank">Official merchandise store</a> -
        Buy official t-shirts, accessories, and more to support Django.
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </li>
    <li><a href="https://github.com/sponsors/django" target="_blank">{% translate "Sponsor Django via GitHub Sponsors" %}</a>.</li>
    <li>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        <a href="/foundation/donate/#benevity-giving">Benevity Workplace Giving
          Program</a> - If your employer participates, you can make donations to the
        DSF via payroll deduction.
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </li>
  </ul>

  <h2 id="why-give">{% translate "Why give to the Django Software Foundation?" %}</h2>

  <p>{% translate "Our main focus is direct support of Django's developers. This means:" %}</p>
  <ul>
    <li>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        Organizing and funding development sprints so that Django's developers can
        meet in person.
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </li>
    <li>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        Helping key developers attend these sprints and other community events by
        covering travel expenses to official Django events.
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </li>
    <li>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        Providing financial assistance to community development and outreach
        projects such as <a href="#django-girls">Django Girls</a>.
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </li>
    <li>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        Providing financial assistance to individuals so they can attend major
        conferences and events.
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </li>
    <li>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        Funding the <a href="#fellowship-program">Django Fellowship program</a>,
        which provides full-time staff to perform community management tasks in the
        Django community.
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </li>
  </ul>

  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      Still curious? See our <a href="/foundation/donate/">Frequently Asked Questions</a>
      about donations.
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>

  <h2 id="fellowship-program">{% translate "Django Fellowship Program" %}</h2>

  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      The biggest expense of the <abbr title="Django Software Foundation">DSF</abbr>
      is the Django Fellowship program. It's a project where
      <a href="#who-are-the-django-fellows">paid contractors</a> are engaged to
      manage some of the administrative and community management tasks of the
      Django project to support rapid development of Django itself.
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>

  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      <strong>The Django Fellowship program has a major positive impact on how
        Django is developed and maintained.</strong>
      The Django Fellows triage 10-15 new tickets each week and review and merge
      around fifteen non-trivial patches a week from the community. Release
      blocking and severe bugs aren't postponed indefinitely. Major releases happen
      according to an 8 month schedule and bug fix releases occur monthly.
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>

  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      For more details, you can read retrospectives for the
      <a href="/weblog/2015/jan/21/django-fellowship-retrospective/"> first three
        months of the program</a>,
      <a href="/weblog/2015/dec/17/fellowship-2015-retrospective/">2015</a>, and
      <a href="/weblog/2016/dec/28/fellowship-2016-retrospective/">2016</a>.
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>

  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      The Django Fellows are a resource to help review patches and contributions
      from the community, and the community loves that:
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>

  {% if testimonial %}
    <blockquote>
      {{ testimonial.body|linebreaks }}
      <em>{{ testimonial.author }}</em>
    </blockquote>
  {% endif %}

  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      <strong>If you use Django on a daily basis and care about the development of Django
        itself, you should donate today</strong> (may be <a href="/foundation/donate/#tax-deductible">tax deductible</a>).
      Only with your support can we make sure that the web framework you base your work on
      can grow to be even better in the coming years.
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>

  <h2 id="django-girls">{% translate "Django Girls Outreach" %}</h2>

  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      Supporting <a href="https://djangogirls.org/">Django Girls workshops</a> is
      a significant priority for the Django Software Foundation. Django Girls
      workshops are organized by volunteers and are provided as free events for women
      who want to learn to code. The workshop serves as an introduction to Python and
      Django, where attendees learn usable skills to build their first web app.
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>

  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      Django Girls workshop attendees go on to organize their own workshops, lead
      in their community, and secure full-time jobs as developers. Read their stories
      in the “Your Django Story” series on the <a href="https://blog.djangogirls.org/">
        Django Girls blog</a>.
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>

  <p>
    {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
      In 2015, the Django Software Foundation contributed $5,400 to eighteen
      Django Girls workshops around the world. Here's what some of the organizers had
      to say about the impact:
    {% endblocktranslate %}
  </p>

  <blockquote>
    <p>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        Sponsorship from the DSF allowed us to have on-site child care for our Django
        Girls Portland workshop. We hosted 2 young children and an infant, and provided
        them with healthy snacks, games, sidewalk chalk, finger paint, and emoji
        stickers. Without our nanny, 3 of our attendees wouldn't have been able to come
        to the workshop. Finger paint photo is
        <a href="https://blog.djangogirls.org/post/124680859493/django-girls-portland-a-retrospective">
          on the blog</a>!
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </p>
    <em>{% translate "Lacey - Portland, Oregon, US" %}</em>
  </blockquote>

  <blockquote>
    <p>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        The DSF supported <a href="https://djangogirls.org/warsaw/">Django Girls
          Poland</a> four times this year and the impact was enormous! In Poland, diversity
        awareness is not a very common topic. When we approached different local
        companies about our workshops they usually didn't get what we were actually
        doing and why it is important. If not for the DSF, we probably would not have
        been able to hold our workshops at all. Our first workshops were the only until
        now workshops that were 100% female - female only coaches and female only
        attendees. Thanks to you, we were able to focus on gathering female mentors
        instead of searching for sponsors!
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </p>
    <em>{% translate "Ania - Wrocław, Poland" %}</em>
  </blockquote>

  <blockquote>
    <p>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        <a href="https://pyfound.blogspot.kr/2015/10/django-girls-seoul-great-success.html">
          Django Girls Seoul</a> had 425 applicants from 11 different countries ages
        ranging from 16 to 50 years old. After acceptances, we had about 105 people to
        feed and caffeinate! Thanks to Django's sponsorship we could get all of our
        participants coffee for the day. It really made a huge difference because we
        all know how a cup of coffee can change the atmosphere and mood! We were so
        grateful to the sponsorship we received from abroad. We tried to get sponsorship
        from a lot of Korean companies but the same generosity doesn't translate well
        into a Korean Business culture, I guess. This made us even more thankful for
        our friends at the DSF!
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </p>
    <em>{% translate "Rachell - Seoul, South Korea" %}</em>
  </blockquote>

  <hr style="margin: 40px 0" />

  <div class="heroes-section">
    <h2 id="dsf-supporters">{% translate "DSF Supporters" %}</h2>
    <p>
      {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
        Our donors make our work possible! We are incredibly grateful for the
        financial support from the following individuals and organizations in our
        community.
      {% endblocktranslate %}
    </p>

    {% display_django_heroes %}
  </div>
{% endblock %}

{% block content-extra %}
  <div class="layout-tertiary" id="about">
    <div class="container">
      <h2>{% translate "What is the Django Software Foundation?" %}</h2>
      <p>
        {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
          Development of Django is supported by an independent foundation
          established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Like most open-source foundations,
          the goal of the <a href="/foundation/">Django Software Foundation</a>
          is to promote, support, and advance the Django web framework. If you're
          interested in how the Django Software Foundation supports the Django
          web framework, we published a
          <a href="/weblog/2015/jan/08/django-software-foundation-2014/">
            Summary of 2014.
          </a>
        {% endblocktranslate %}
      </p>

      <h2 id="who-are-the-django-fellows">{% translate "Who are the Django Fellows?" %}</h2>

      <p>{% translate "There are currently three Django Fellows:" %}</p>

      <p>
        {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
          <strong><a href="https://github.com/jacobtylerwalls">Jacob Walls</a>
            (2025-present)</strong> - a member of Django's triage and review
          team since 2021 and a core committer to Python projects such as
          music21, pylint, and <a href="https://archesproject.org/">Arches</a>.
          Jacob
          <a href="https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/aug/11/welcome-our-new-fellow-jacob-tyler-walls/">
            began as a full-time Fellow in August 2025</a>.
        {% endblocktranslate %}
      </p>

      <p>
        {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
          <strong><a href="https://github.com/sarahboyce">Sarah Boyce</a>
            (2024-present)</strong> - an active community member, co-creator of
          <a href="https://djangonaut.space">Djangonaut Space</a> and a member of
          Django's review and triage team since 2023. Sarah
          <a href="https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2024/mar/22/welcome-our-new-fellow-sarah-boyce/">
            began as a full-time Fellow in April 2024</a>.
        {% endblocktranslate %}
      </p>

      <p>
        {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
          <strong><a href="https://github.com/nessita">Natalia Bidart</a>
            (2023-present)</strong> - a seasoned Django user with extensive
          experience in architecting, building, and maintaining scalable web
          services, as well as leading new feature design and development.
          Natalia
          <a href="https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/mar/31/welcome-our-new-fellow-natalia-bidart/">
            began as a part-time Fellow in April 2023</a>.
        {% endblocktranslate %}
      </p>

      <h3>{% translate "Former Django Fellows:" %}</h3>

      <p>
        {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
          <strong><a href="https://github.com/felixxm">Mariusz Felisiak</a>
            (2019-2024)</strong> - a member of the Django team since 2017,
          focusing on the ORM and Oracle back-end, along with triaging tickets,
          reviewing pull requests, and backporting changes. He has contributed to
          more than a dozen open-source projects. Mariusz began as a full-time
          Fellow in April 2019. In 2024 Mariusz retired after five years of
          service.
        {% endblocktranslate %}
      </p>
      <p>
        {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
          <strong><a href="https://github.com/carltongibson">Carlton Gibson</a>
            (2018-2023)</strong> - a longtime Django user, core contributor to
          Django REST Framework, maintainer of Django Filter and Django Crispy
          Forms, and a contributor to many other packages in the Django ecosystem.
          Carlton began as a part-time Fellow in January 2018.
          In 2023 Carlton retired after five years of service.
        {% endblocktranslate %}
      </p>
      <p>
        {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
          <strong><a href="https://github.com/timgraham">Tim Graham</a> (2014-
            2019)</strong> - the inaugural Django Fellow, a member of the Django
          team since 2010, and a longtime major contributor and reviewer. In 2018
          Tim transitioned to part-time and in 2019 retired after four years of
          service.
        {% endblocktranslate %}
      </p>
      <p>
        {% blocktranslate trimmed %}
          <strong><a href="https://github.com/berkerpeksag">Berker Peksağ</a>
            (2014)</strong> - a core developer on CPython and Gunicorn, Berker
          worked as Fellow during the 3 month pilot, supporting Tim
          part-time.
        {% endblocktranslate %}
      </p>
    </div>
  </div>
{% endblock %}
